Traffic Data - Acronyms and Definitions
| Acronym |
Definition |
| AADT |
Annual Average Daily Traffic |
| AADTT |
Annual Average Daily Truck Traffic |
| ADT |
Average Daily Traffic |
| ATR |
Automatic Traffic Recorder |
| AVMT |
Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
| CCS |
Continuous Count Station |
| Corridor Route |
MDT route naming convention (ex: C000005) |
| Count Site ID |
County, Mapsheet, Station ID (ex: 25-7B-20) |
| Departmental Route |
MDT route naming convention (ex: N-5) |
| DHV |
Design Hour Volume = K * ADT (usually 30th highest hour) |
| DVMT |
Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
| ESAL |
Equivalent Single-Axle Load |
| MADT |
Monthly Average Daily Travel |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| NHS |
National Highway System |
| NI-NHS |
Non-Interstate National Highway System |
| Off System routes |
All routes that are not on system. This includes State Highway (X-routes) and Locals (L-routes) |
| On System routes |
Route categories that are classified as On System (Interstate, Non-interstate NHS, Primary, Secondary, Urban) |
| PWIM |
Portable Weigh In Motion |
| RP |
Reference Post (Mile Post) |
| TBS |
Traffic By Sections |
| TDC |
Traffic Data Collection |
| TDCA |
Traffic Data Collection and Analysis Section |
| TMG |
Traffic Monitoring Guide |
| TYC |
Traffic Yearly Counts |
| VMT |
Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
| WIM |
Weigh In Motion (an ATR that weighs vehicles) |